The Model M563 Popcorn Ball Machine from AC Horn Manufacturing features a PLC and servo motor drive with production speeds of up to 72 balls per minute. Frame, hopper and catch pans are constructed of stainless steel for easy sanitation. The hopper comes complete with internal heaters and product agitators. Forming cups are food grade UHMW Polyethylene. Optional forms are available for holiday shapes and different size balls. 

In 1962 Manley manufactured its first Uniflow Design popcorn popper. Since that time, and through many improvements, AC Horn Manufacturing has been a leader in high capacity, continuous popcorn production systems. We believe there is no higher quality popping system manufactured or designed on the market today.

The Platinum Series offers the latest PLC controls and the highest quality components available. We manufacture a high-capacity, continuous popper that operates automatically from one convenient point of control. With a forced air combustion system, internal laminar baffling, precise burner controls and extra insulation, the Platinum Series Poppers provide all the features you need in your equipment.  In addition, you can expect low operating costs and minimal maintenance requirements.

Regardless of the type of popcorn you are popping, we confidently guarantee superior capacities and popping ratios with our poppers.

Continuous Dry Popcorn Popper

Savory Popcorn Line

At AC Horn Manufacturing, we build quality into our entire process. Our goal for the M205 Series Cooker/Coaters is to enable you to create perfect caramel corn with every batch, for years of trouble-free operations. We carefully engineered these precision-built machines to do just that, giving you decades of superior performance and durability. Caramel corn, peanut brittle and other caramel-coated products can be manufactured at high volume capacities ranging from 300 to 1,000 lbs/hr (depending upon recipe and coating ratio).

Program design features and operating simplicity elevated our machine to the preferred choice among worldwide leaders in the snack food industry. The Cooker/Coaters are extremely accurate and easy to operate, giving operators the ability to precisely control manufacturing variables for the best product.

M205 Complete Line

At AC Horn Manufacturing we build quality into our entire process. Our goal for the M205 Series Cooker/Coaters is to enable you to create perfect caramel corn with every batch, for years of trouble-free operations. We carefully engineered these precision built machines to do just that, giving you decades of superior performance and durability. Caramel corn, peanut brittle and other caramel coated products can be manufactured at capacities ranging from 300 to 1,000 lbs/hr (depending upon recipe and coating ratio).

Optional features offer operators the opportunity to produce kettle corn at capacities of 400 to 1,000 lbs/hr.

M205 Cooker/Coater System

Program design features and operating simplicity elevated our machine to the preferred choice among worldwide leaders in the snack food industry. The Cooker/Coaters are extremely accurate and easy to operate, giving operators the ability to precisely control manufacturing variables for the best product.

In keeping with company tradition to infuse quality into every aspect of our machinery and operations, our M320 Cooker/Coater features a uniquely engineered single-process design. First operators preprogram temperature set points. Once the proper temperature is achieved, an alarm activates signaling the time to add the necessary ingredients. The cooking/coating process then continues automatically until the coated corn is ready.

M320 Cooker/Coater

This Cooker/Coater is ideal for caramel corn, peanut brittle, kettle corn (with optional quick-change agitator) and other candies. With a single M320 unit producing up to 100 lbs/hr, you can count on the same consistent quality you have come to expect in all of Horn’s snack food equipment. With an alternate agitator this unit can oil-pop popcorn at approximately 70 lbs/hr.

M320-K Cooker/Coater

The AC Horn M360 offers high-volume, consistent production in a single, gas-heated cooker/coater. This all-in-one machine is designed to deliver perfect batches of your sweet popcorn products.

The M360 heats and coats up to 325 pounds of popcorn per hour (based on a 4 to 1 ratio of caramel). The easy-to-operate touch screen controls allow trouble-free recipe programming, precise temperature regulation and product monitoring. The unique design of the internal agitator helps ensure that all popcorn is evenly coated. An electric dump mechanism enables simpler and less physically-demanding operation.

For producers ready for more automation, the M360 is designed as part of a modular, scalable system. Additional kettles and other components can be added to automate the system as your production needs grow.

M360 Complete Line

Our M360 Cooker/Coater line is an example of how AC Horn strives to serve every customer’s needs, as the M360 line is custom-configured to fit your space and production requirements. Although the M360 is an affordable option as a stand-alone cooker/coater, we designed this line for companies producing sweet popcorn products with small batch machines, that want to make the jump to more automated systems.

The M360 line is a modular, scalable system. Components can be added to automate your process as production needs grow.

Whatever your specific production needs with popcorn snacks, we can configure an M360 line that is right for you.

The M360 Line

• Pre-Mix: Slurry is prepared then accurately transferred on demand through the piping system
• Popping: Raw corn is conveyed, popped, sifted, then set aside in totes for further processing
• Coating: Slurry is heated above the hard crack. Then, popped corn is manually transferred into the M360 Kettles and coated with slurry
• Cooling & Separating: Coated Popcorn discharges onto the collection conveyor. It is spread and transferred into the cooler separator where the product is brought to ambient temperature.

AC Horn Manufacturing offers seasoning systems for the application of oils, salt, seasoning powders and slurries to your snack products with accurate and consistent dispersion.

Working with your manufacturing team, AC Horn will design your seasoning system to your specific requirements. Our system integration ensures continuous seamless operation shift after shift.

AC Horn Manufacturing equipment is suitable for:

• Dry Applications – Products that have a natural tack, where the flavoring adheres easily
• Two-Stage Applications – (Oil and Dry) Products that do not have a natural tack.

Highlights:

• Our Seasoning and Coating Systems are a perfect solution for an optimized application of liquid or dry ingredients to your favorite food products. 
• AC Horn continuous flow oil applicators ensure accurate, reliable and consistent ingredient dispersion, producing a high-quality finished product every time.
• Electromagnetic Scarf Plates provide even, consistent ingredient discharge.
• AC Horn offers a variety of standard size stainless steel drums specifically designed to maximize consistent seasoning for a variety of products.
• AC Horn slurry coating applicators deliver precise, consistent pressure coating of high-viscosity liquids and slurry mixtures with accurate weight pickups from 1% to 100%.